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I thought it was a sign of weakness.

Ray Manzano, US Army 1972 - 2007, talks about why he didn't ask for help with his PTSD right away.

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I thought it was a sign of weakness.

It was something that I felt

I didn't really have, as a matter of fact.

My civilian job, after I'd blown up, you know,

had suggested a therapist, and I kind of blew that off

thinking, well it was just me getting fed up with my job.

Then the military, during my deployments, medicated me

and said I was OK, so I kept driving on.

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